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New publication · 2026
Contracts With Pitfalls
A sober look at the emotionally charged relationship between Switzerland and the EU
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26.10.2026
Countering Demographic Change
Switzerland is shrinking, immigration could dry up, and the pension system is piling up billions in debt. Three uncomfortable ways out of the dead end of an ageing population.
20.10.2026
Taming the «Machiavellian Presidency»
The Founders’ checks and balances are fraying but holding — barely. Whether they keep holding is up to ‘We the People.’
19.03.2026
Iran, the Oil Price, the Global Economy, and the US Dollar
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From Trauma to Thesis: Hummler’s New Take on an Unraveling Superpower
Hardly any other Swiss private banker has had more traumatic encounters with the United States than the man from eastern Switzerland, Konrad Hummler. Yet that does not stop him from again engaging critically with the dominance of this superpower – and arriving at some surprising conclusions.
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